Canterbury Surf

Canterbury Surf Forecast

Detailed Canterbury surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Canterbury. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Canterbury. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Canterbury over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Canterbury and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Canterbury Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Canterbury Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Canterbury Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Canterbury Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Canterbury Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Canterbury Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Canterbury Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Canterbury Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Canterbury Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Canterbury Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Canterbury Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Canterbury coastline are also listed below.

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	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	2	3	3	0	9	9	7	5	4	3	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SE	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.2 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 S	1.2 SE	0.5 SE	1.2 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S
Period(s)	8	9	16	16	16	12	15	20	15	13	12	11	13	12	15	10	10	5	17	15	12	11
Energy	519	326	679	963	66	8333	9154	6385	3431	1250	970	620	213	502	360	77	65	49	329	523	328	232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:53PM 1.64	9:37AM 1.53		10:44PM 1.59	9:52AM 2.03		11:31PM 1.61	12:00PM 1.58		11:39PM 1.71		12:53PM 1.68	12:33AM 1.76		1:47PM 1.78	2:04AM 2.31		2:00PM 1.99	2:22AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		3:01PM 0.43		3:35AM 0.42	4:33PM 0.41		3:46AM 0.79	5:05PM 0.64		5:47AM 0.29	5:27PM 0.33		6:38AM 0.26		6:21PM 0.28	7:26AM 0.17		7:55PM 0.53	7:37AM 0.12		8:15PM 0.17	8:33AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	16	17	9	10	11	11	14	14	11	10	12	9	12	12	10	9	9	8	13
Low °C	9	10	9	13	9	8	8	10	10	12	12	11	8	11	9	10	11	8	8	8	8	10
Chill °C (?)	8	7	8	16	16	6	9	9	10	14	14	10	10	12	7	9	12	10	7	6	5	12
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58
Sunset	-	4:57	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SE	2.5 SSE	1.8 SE	2.2 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 S	1.2 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	8	9	16	16	16	11	16	20	15	13	12	11	10	12	11	10	10	5	17	15	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 SSW	0.6 NNE	0.1 NE	2.0 SSE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	1.3 SE	1.1 S	0.5 SE	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.7 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	9	9	8	7	19	21	-	-	-	9	10	13	16	15	5	16	4	6	13	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.6 NNE	0.6 WNW	4.0 S	4.0 S	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.8 S	-	0.5 NE	1.2 NNE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	-	3	3	8	3	12	15	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	3	5	5

	Sunday 07					Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	4	9	9	9	9	9	5	7	8	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SE	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 SSE	4.5 S	4.0 S	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	9	16	16	18	16	15	16	15	21	12	21	16	15	21	20	16	15	15
Energy	519	402	326	334	314	679	822	997	963	751	66	3158	11187	8333	10901	11289	9154	4603	6385	7091	4631	3431
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:51AM 1.51									9:37AM 1.53				10:44PM 1.59				11:01AM 2.06				11:31PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)				3:01PM 0.43				3:35AM 0.42				4:22PM 0.43				3:46AM 0.79				5:17PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	13	16	17	9	9	9	8	9	8	12	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	8	7	8	9	7	9	10	12	16	16	6	8	7	6	8	7	10	9	10	10	9
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	1.6 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	16	16	18	16	15	16	8	18	11	21	17	16	22	20	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	2.0 SSE	-	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	9	10	5	9	4	4	8	8	7	14	22	19	-	22	21	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 N	0.8 N	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.7 N	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 WNW	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 S	-	4.5 S	4.0 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	4	3	4	-	8	4	3	15	21	12	-	16	15	21	21	-	-	-

	Sunday 07	Monday 08
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	4	9	9	9	9	9	5	7	8	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	361	1104	519	507	452	402	369	360	326	330	297	334	310	319	314	285	667	679	793	823	822	873
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:51AM 1.51													9:14PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)										3:01PM 0.43												3:35AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	5	5	5	9	9	9	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.7 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	-	4	4